Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh said the people of Scotland needed a “genuine choice” about its future within the UK.

Speaking on the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme, the politician said it would be “irresponsible” not to hold a second independence referendum after 62 per cent of Scottish voters backed Remain in last year’s EU referendum.

She said: “We’re not prepared just to lie down and let the UK Government take us out of the European Union to the detriment of jobs and the Scottish economy – that’s an irresponsible thing to do.

“We have to stand up for what’s right for Scotland, and the people of Scotland should make that choice.”

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Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh said the SNP would not settle for an advisory referendum

We’re not prepared just to lie down and let the UK Government take us out of the European Union to the detriment of jobs and the Scottish economy – that’s an irresponsible thing to do

Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

Ms Ahmed-Sheikh insisted Nicola Sturgeon was working to Government timelines when she announced the SNP was hoping to hold a vote between Autumn 2018 and Spring 2019.

She said: “People should be given a genuine choice, now these are not my words, the words in terms of the timescale of 18 months come from David Davis at his Brexit select committee presentation a couple of weeks ago and now indeed Theresa May yesterday.